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12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not 12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not
13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style 13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space -- 14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --
15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions. 15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
16 16
17This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
18L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>.
19
17=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 20=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
18 21
19See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of 22See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of
20frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common 23frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
21problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at 24problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
22L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>. 25L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.pod>.
23 26
24=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT 27=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
25 28
26Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode 29Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
27internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the 30internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
28world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult, 31world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
29especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts 32especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
30like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules, 33like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
31like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these 34like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
32scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work 35scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
33fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such 36fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
34as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms 37as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
35belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things -- 38belong in the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
36such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might 39such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
37change. 40change.
38 41
39If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let 42If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
40me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean 43me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
41terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely 44terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
42because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and 45because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
43another for japanese. 46another for japanese.
44 47
45Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to 48Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
46display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other 49display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
47programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able 50programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
48to choose any font for any script freely. 51to choose any font for any script freely.
49 52
50Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than 53Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
51it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy 54its predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
52in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original 55in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original
53rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements. 56rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
54 57
55It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean 58It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
56and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode 59and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
57without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with 60without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
58a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows 61a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
59from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and 62from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
60drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and 63drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
61@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client). 64@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
62 65
63It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have 66It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
64been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical 67been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
65reference documentation (escape sequences etc.). 68reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
66 69
67=head1 OPTIONS 70=head1 OPTIONS
68 71
69The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed 72The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed
89 92
90Print out a message describing available options. 93Print out a message describing available options.
91 94
92=item B<-display> I<displayname> 95=item B<-display> I<displayname>
93 96
94Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still 97Attempt to open a window on the named X display (the older form B<-d>
95respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the 98is still respected. but deprecated). In the absence of this option, the
96B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used. 99display specified by the B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
100
101=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
102
103Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
104resource B<depth>.
105
106[Please note that many X servers (and libXft) are buggy with
107respect to C<-depth 32> and/or alpha channels, and will cause all sorts
108of graphical corruption. This is harmless, but we can't do anything about
109this, so watch out]
97 110
98=item B<-geometry> I<geom> 111=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
99 112
100Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>. 113Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
101 114
103 116
104Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>. 117Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>.
105 118
106=item B<-j>|B<+j> 119=item B<-j>|B<+j>
107 120
108Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>. 121Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource B<jumpScroll>.
109 122
110=item B<-ip>|B<+ip> | B<-tr>|B<+tr> 123=item B<-ss>|B<+ss>
111 124
112Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is 125Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource B<skipScroll>.
113B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>. 126
127=item B<-tr>|B<+tr>
128
129Turn on/off pseudo-transparency by using the root pixmap as background; resource B<transparent>.
130
131B<-ip> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
132future versions.
114 133
115=item B<-fade> I<number> 134=item B<-fade> I<number>
116 135
117Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values 136Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
118fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade 137fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
119colour; resource B<fading>. 138colour; resource B<fading>.
120 139
121=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour> 140=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
122 141
123Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour 142Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
124is black. resource B<fadeColor>. 143is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
125 144
126=item B<-tint> I<colour> 145=item B<-tint> I<colour>
127 146
128Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 147Tint the transparent background with the given colour;
129transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. This only works for 148resource I<tintColor>.
130non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the B<-sh> option that can be
131used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it; resource
132I<tintColor>. Example:
133 149
134 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40 150=item B<-sh> I<number>
135 151
136=item B<-sh>
137
138I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 152Darken (0 .. 99) or lighten (101 .. 200) the transparent background.
139background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 153A value of 100 means no shading; resource I<shading>.
140specified, too, e.g. C<-tint white>). 154
155=item B<-blt> I<string>
156
157Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified
158at the same time as transparency - such pixmap will be blended over
159the transparent background, using the method specified. Supported values are:
160B<add>, B<alphablend>, B<allanon> - colour values averaging, B<colorize>,
161B<darken>, B<diff>, B<dissipate>, B<hue>, B<lighten>, B<overlay>,
162B<saturate>, B<screen>, B<sub>, B<tint>, B<value>. The default is
163alpha-blending. Compile I<afterimage>; resource I<blendType>.
164
165=item B<-blr> I<HxV>
166
167Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent
168background. If a single number is specified, the vertical and
169horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
170radii to 1 and the other to a large number creates interesting effects
171on some backgrounds. The maximum radius value is 128. An horizontal or
172vertical radius of 0 disables blurring;
173resource I<blurRadius>.
174
175=item B<-icon> I<file>
176
177Compile I<afterimage> or I<pixbuf>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
178is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
179application window; resource I<iconFile>.
141 180
142=item B<-bg> I<colour> 181=item B<-bg> I<colour>
143 182
144Window background colour; resource B<background>. 183Window background colour; resource B<background>.
145 184
146=item B<-fg> I<colour> 185=item B<-fg> I<colour>
147 186
148Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 187Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
149 188
150=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]> 189=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;oplist]>
151 190
152Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally 191Compile I<afterimage> or I<pixbuf>: Specify image file for the background and also
153specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to 192optionally specify a list of operations to modify it. Note you may need to
154add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the 193add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
155command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>. 194command-line; for more details see resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
156 195
157=item B<-cr> I<colour> 196=item B<-cr> I<colour>
158 197
159The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 198The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
160 199
177that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The 216that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
178first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be 217first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
179smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default 218smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
180font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details. 219font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
181 220
182In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it 221In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
183with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>, 222with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
184e.g.: 223e.g.:
185 224
186 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15" 225 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
187 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" 226 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
205italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont> 244italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
206for details. 245for details.
207 246
208=item B<-is>|B<+is> 247=item B<-is>|B<+is>
209 248
210Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity 249Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
211foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for 250foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
212details. 251details.
213 252
214=item B<-name> I<name> 253=item B<-name> I<name>
215 254
233 272
234=item B<-sb>|B<+sb> 273=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>
235 274
236Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>. 275Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
237 276
277=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
278
279Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
280
281=item B<-st>|B<+st>
282
283Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
284resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
285
238=item B<-si>|B<+si> 286=item B<-si>|B<+si>
239 287
240Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource 288Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
241B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect. 289B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
242 290
248=item B<-sw>|B<+sw> 296=item B<-sw>|B<+sw>
249 297
250Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear. 298Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
251This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource 299This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
252B<scrollWithBuffer>. 300B<scrollWithBuffer>.
253
254=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
255
256Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
257
258=item B<-st>|B<+st>
259
260Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
261resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
262 301
263=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab> 302=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
264 303
265If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as 304If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
266actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to 305actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
270 309
271=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 310=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
272 311
273Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 312Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
274 313
314=item B<-uc>|B<+uc>
315
316Make the cursor underlined; resource B<cursorUnderline>.
317
275=item B<-iconic> 318=item B<-iconic>
276 319
277Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option. 320Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
278Alternative form is B<-ic>. 321Alternative form is B<-ic>.
279 322
295 338
296=item B<-bl> 339=item B<-bl>
297 340
298Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. 341Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
299if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window 342if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
300decorations; resource B<borderLess>. 343decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
344support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
301 345
302=item B<-override-redirect> 346=item B<-override-redirect>
303 347
304Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource 348Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
305B<override-redirect>. 349B<override-redirect>.
313 357
314=item B<-lsp> I<number> 358=item B<-lsp> I<number>
315 359
316Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 360Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
317the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource 361the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
318B<linespace>. 362B<lineSpace>.
363
364=item B<-letsp> I<number>
365
366Compile I<frills>: Amount to adjust the computed character width by
367to control overall letter spacing. Negative values will tighten up the
368letter spacing, positive values will space letters out more. Useful to
369work around odd font metrics; resource B<letterSpace>.
319 370
320=item B<-tn> I<termname> 371=item B<-tn> I<termname>
321 372
322This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the 373This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
323B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 374B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
377for more info. 428for more info.
378 429
379=item B<-tcw> 430=item B<-tcw>
380 431
381Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse 432Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
433button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
382button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the 434in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
383end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>. 435the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
384 436
385=item B<-insecure> 437=item B<-insecure>
386 438
387Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 439Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
388sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more 440sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
409Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@ 461Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
410will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within 462will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
411it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the 463it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
412user; resource B<hold>. 464user; resource B<hold>.
413 465
466=item B<-cd> I<path>
467
468Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
469B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
470@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
471
472=item B<-xrm> I<string>
473
474Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
475as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
476way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
477
478Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
479e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
480options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
481of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
482resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
483programs.
484
414=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string> 485=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
415 486
416Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>. 487Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
417 488
418=item B<-embed> I<windowid> 489=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
419 490
420Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed it's windows into an already-existing window, 491Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
421which enables applications to easily embed a terminal. 492which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
422 493
423Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it 494Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
424shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it 495shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
425quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to 496quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
428The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits. 499The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
429 500
430It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file 501It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
431descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you 502descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
432can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the 503can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
433terminal. This works regardless of wether the C<-embed> option was used or 504terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
434not. 505not.
435 506
436Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be 507Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
437used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>): 508used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
438 509
443 }); 514 });
444 515
445=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor> 516=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
446 517
447Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty 518Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
448pair but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is 519pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
449useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator 520useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
450without having to run a program within it. 521without having to run a program within it.
451 522
452If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp 523If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
453entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that 524entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
454yourself if you want that. 525yourself if you want that.
455 526
456As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress 527As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
457pty/tty operations. 528pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
529perl extension that manages the terminal.
458 530
459Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a 531Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
460longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>): 532longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
461 533
462 use IO::Pty; 534 use IO::Pty;
476Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in 548Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
477this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details. 549this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
478 550
479=back 551=back
480 552
481=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 553=head1 RESOURCES
482 554
483Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long 555Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
484options) compiled into your version. 556options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
557long-options.
485 558
486You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many 559You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
487distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X 560distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
488starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order, 561starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
489with later settings overwriting earlier ones: 562with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
490 563
491 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
492 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR 564 1. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
565 2. $HOME/.Xdefaults
493 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults 566 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window of screen 0
494 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen 567 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES property on root-window of the current screen
495 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename> 568 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
569 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
496 570
497Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class 571Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
498names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources 572names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
499common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily 573common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
500configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to 574configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
505check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl 579check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
506extensions not documented here): 580extensions not documented here):
507 581
508=over 4 582=over 4
509 583
584=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
585
586Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
587option B<-depth>.
588
589=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
590
591Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
592On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
593performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
594should normally be enabled.
595
510=item B<geometry:> I<geom> 596=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
511 597
512Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24]; 598Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
513option B<-geometry>. 599option B<-geometry>.
514 600
527Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7 613Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7
528corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to 614corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
529high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background) 615high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
530colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 616colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
5313=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour 6173=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
532names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 618names used are listed in the B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
533 619
534Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be 620Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
535changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)). 621changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
536 622
537Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with 623Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
548=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 634=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
549 635
550Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 636Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
551foreground colour is the default. 637foreground colour is the default.
552 638
553=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>
554
555Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
556characters.
557
558=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour> 639=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
559 640
560If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline 641If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
561itself. If unset, use the foreground colour. 642itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
643
644=item B<highlightColor:> I<colour>
645
646If set, use the specified colour as the background for highlighted
647characters. If unset, use reverse video.
648
649=item B<highlightTextColor:> I<colour>
650
651If set and highlightColor is set, use the specified colour as the
652foreground for highlighted characters.
562 653
563=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour> 654=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
564 655
565Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the 656Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
566foreground colour; option B<-cr>. 657foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
573 664
574=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean> 665=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean>
575 666
576B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours; 667B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
577option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option 668option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
578B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 669B<+rv>. See note in B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
579 670
580=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean> 671=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
581 672
582B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling 673B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
583quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>. 674of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
675has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
676received line; option B<-j>.
677
584B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>. 678B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
679force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
585 680
586=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean> 681=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
587 682
588B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 683B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
589artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows' 684receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
590pixmap. 685(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
686result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
687option B<-ss>.
688
689B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
690if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
691monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
692
693=item B<transparent:> I<boolean>
694
695Turn on/off pseudo-transparency by using the root pixmap as background.
696
697B<inheritPixmap> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
698future versions.
591 699
592=item B<fading:> I<number> 700=item B<fading:> I<number>
593 701
594Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>. 702Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
595 703
598Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default 706Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
599colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>. 707colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
600 708
601=item B<tintColor:> I<colour> 709=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
602 710
603Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option 711Tint the transparent background with the given colour. If the RENDER
604B<-tint>. 712extension is not available only black, red, green, yellow, blue,
713magenta, cyan and white tints can be performed server-side. Note that
714a black tint yields a completely black image while a white tint yields
715the image unchanged; option B<-tint>.
605 716
606=item B<shading:> I<number> 717=item B<shading:> I<number>
607 718
608Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 719Darken (0 .. 99) or lighten (101 .. 200) the transparent background.
609image in addition to tinting it. 720A value of 100 means no shading; option B<-sh>.
721
722=item B<blendType:> I<string>
723
724Specify background blending type; option B<-blt>.
725
726=item B<blurRadius:> I<number>
727
728Apply gaussian blur with the specified radius to the transparent
729background; option B<-blr>.
730
731=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
732
733Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
610 734
611=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 735=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
612 736
613Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 737Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
614 738
620=item B<borderColor:> I<colour> 744=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
621 745
622The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar 746The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
623and the text. 747and the text.
624 748
625=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]> 749=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;oplist]>
626 750
627Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for 751Use the specified image file for the background and also
628the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry 752optionally specify a colon separated list of operations to modify it.
629string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the 753Supported operations are:
630horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image 754
631centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale 755=over 4
632of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 756
633specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will 757=item B<WxH+X+Y>
634be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted 758
635scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50] 759sets scale and position. B<"W" / "H"> specify the horizontal/vertical
760scale (percent), and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image centre (percent). A
761scale of 0 disables scaling. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
762
763=item B<op=tile>
764
765enables tiling
766
767=item B<op=keep-aspect>
768
769maintain the image aspect ratio when scaling
770
771=item B<op=root-align>
772
773use the position of the terminal window relative to the root window as
774the image offset, simulating a root window background
775
776=back
777
778The default scale and position setting is C<100x100+50+50>.
779Alternatively, a predefined set of templates can be used to achieve
780the most common setups:
781
782=over 4
783
784=item B<style=tiled>
785
786the image is tiled with no scaling. Equivalent to 0x0+0+0:op=tile
787
788=item B<style=aspect-stretched>
789
790the image is scaled to fill the whole window maintaining the aspect
791ratio and centered. Equivalent to 100x100+50+50:op=keep-aspect
792
793=item B<style=stretched>
794
795the image is scaled to fill the whole window. Equivalent to 100x100
796
797=item B<style=centered>
798
799the image is centered with no scaling. Equivalent to 0x0+50+50
800
801=item B<style=root-tiled>
802
803the image is tiled with no scaling and using 'root' positioning.
804Equivalent to 0x0:op=tile:op=root-align
805
806=back
807
808If multiple templates are specified the last one wins. Note that a
809template overrides all the scale, position and operations settings.
810
811If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be
812blended over the transparent background using alpha-blending. If I<afterimage>
813support has been compiled in it is possible to choose other blending
814types with B<-blt "type"> option.
636 815
637=item B<path:> I<path> 816=item B<path:> I<path>
638 817
639Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding XPM files. 818Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
640 819
641=item B<font:> I<fontlist> 820=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
642 821
643Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names 822Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
644that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The 823that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
667it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels 846it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
668wide and 15 pixels high. 847wide and 15 pixels high.
669 848
670The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in 849The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
671the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but 850the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
672the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a 851the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a
673useful supplement. 852useful supplement.
674 853
675The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters 854The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
676are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font 855are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
677contains other characters, but we are not interested in them. 856contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
701text font will being used for the given style. 880text font will being used for the given style.
702 881
703=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean> 882=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
704 883
705When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>, 884When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
706option B<-is>, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high 885option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
707intensity foreground/backround colours. Disabling this option (B<False>, 886intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
708option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not 887option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
709reachable. 888reachable.
710
711=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>
712
713Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is
714xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
715xterm style selection.
716
717=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
718
719Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
720the author's favourite.
721 889
722=item B<title:> I<string> 890=item B<title:> I<string>
723 891
724Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 892Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
725specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application 893specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
734=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean> 902=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
735 903
736B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no 904B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
737de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default]. 905de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
738 906
907=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
908
909B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
910B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
911
912@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
913
739=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean> 914=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
740 915
741B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>. 916B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
742B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>. 917B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
743 918
764Example: 939Example:
765 940
766 URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX) 941 URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
767 942
768This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents 943This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
769everytime you hit C<Print>. 944every time you hit C<Print>.
945
946=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
947
948Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
949the author's favourite.
950
951=item B<thickness:> I<number>
952
953Set the scrollbar width in pixels.
770 954
771=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean> 955=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
772 956
773B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>: 957B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
774disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>. 958disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
794B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 978B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
795B<+si>. 979B<+si>.
796 980
797=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 981=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
798 982
799B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and 983B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (i.e.
800B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 984try to show the same lines) and B<scrollTtyOutput> is False; option
801with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<+sw>. 985B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives
986new lines; option B<+sw>.
802 987
803=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 988=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
804 989
805B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys 990B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
806are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and 991are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
837=item B<termName:> I<termname> 1022=item B<termName:> I<termname>
838 1023
839Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 1024Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
840variable; option B<-tn>. 1025variable; option B<-tn>.
841 1026
842=item B<linespace:> I<number> 1027=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
843 1028
844Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 1029Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
845the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>. 1030the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
846 1031
847=item B<meta8:> I<boolean> 1032=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
861 1046
862=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 1047=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
863 1048
864B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 1049B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
865option B<-bc>. 1050option B<-bc>.
1051
1052=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
1053
1054B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
1055option B<-uc>.
866 1056
867=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean> 1057=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
868 1058
869B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number 1059B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
870of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible 1060of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
884large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout. 1074large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
885 1075
886=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 1076=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
887 1077
888The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 1078The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
889or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace> 1079or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, with control, B<Backspace>
890(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode 1080(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
891escape sequence. 1081escape sequence.
892 1082
893=item B<deletekey:> I<string> 1083=item B<deletekey:> I<string>
894 1084
896pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated 1086pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
897with the B<Execute> key. 1087with the B<Execute> key.
898 1088
899=item B<cutchars:> I<string> 1089=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
900 1090
901The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The 1091The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
902built-in default: 1092(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
903 1093
1094When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
1095in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
1096characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
1097will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
1098
1099When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
1100be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
1101
904B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >> 1102B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
905 1103
906=item B<preeditType:> I<style> 1104=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
907 1105
908B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>. 1106B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
909 1107
963 1161
964Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). 1162Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
965 1163
966=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean> 1164=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
967 1165
968Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 1166Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
969option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 1167option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
970scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 1168scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
971instead scroll the screen up. 1169to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
972 1170
973=item B<hold>: I<boolean> 1171=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
974 1172
975Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@ 1173Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
976will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within 1174will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
977it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the 1175it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
978user. 1176user.
1177
1178=item B<chdir>: I<path>
1179
1180Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
1181B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
1182@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
1183directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
979 1184
980=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 1185=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
981 1186
982Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The 1187Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
983intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted. 1188intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
997searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and 1202searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
998omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex 1203omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
999keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not 1204keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
1000performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured. 1205performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1001 1206
1002I<string> may contain escape values (C<\a>: bell, C<\b>: backspace, 1207I<string> may contain escape values (C<\n>: newline, C<\000>: octal
1003C<\e>, C<\E>: escape, C<\n>: newline, C<\r>: carriage return, C<\t>: tab, 1208number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for further details.
1004C<\000>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (C<^?>: delete,
1005C<^@>: null, C<^A> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
1006can start or end with whitespace.
1007 1209
1008Please note that you need to double the C<\> in resource files, as
1009Xlib itself does it's own de-escaping (you can use C<\033> instead of
1010C<\e> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own
1011processing).
1012
1013You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string> 1210You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by
1211loading the C<keysym-list> perl extension and providing a I<string>
1014with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimeter `/' 1212with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/'
1015should be a character not used by the strings. 1213should be a character not used by the strings.
1016 1214
1017Its usage can be demonstrated by an example: 1215Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1018 1216
1019 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|> 1217 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<|abc|>
1020 1218
1021The above line is equivalent to the following three lines: 1219The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1022 1220
1023 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a> 1221 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<a>
1024 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b> 1222 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<b>
1025 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c> 1223 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<c>
1026 1224
1027If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING> 1225If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
1028is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For 1226is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1029example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK> 1227example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
1030when Control-Meta-c is being pressed": 1228when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1031 1229
1032 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 1230 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
1033 1231
1034If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING> 1232If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>
1035is passed to the C<on_keyboard_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) 1233is passed to the C<on_user_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
1036manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via 1234manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via
1037C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events: 1235C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:
1038 1236
1039 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13 1237 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1040 1238
1041Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping 1239Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1042will match if at I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and 1240will match if I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and
1043no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That 1241no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1044means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide 1242means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide
1045definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined 1243definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined
1046mappings themselves. 1244mappings themselves.
1047 1245
1083example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extension except 1281example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extension except
1084C<selection>. 1282C<selection>.
1085 1283
1086Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets 1284Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1087(e.g. C<< searchable-scrollback<M-s> >>, which binds the hotkey for 1285(e.g. C<< searchable-scrollback<M-s> >>, which binds the hotkey for
1088searchable scorllback to Alt/Meta-s). Mentioning the same extension 1286searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta-s). Mentioning the same extension
1089multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to 1287multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1090the extension. 1288the extension.
1091 1289
1092Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if 1290Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1093necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance. 1291necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1098all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances. 1296all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1099 1297
1100=item B<perl-eval>: I<string> 1298=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1101 1299
1102Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See 1300Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1103the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource 1301the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1104will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1105 1302
1106=item B<perl-lib>: I<path> 1303=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1107 1304
1108Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension 1305Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1109scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C<perl> resource, 1306scripts. When looking for perl extensions, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first
1110@@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in 1307look in these directories, then in $HOME/.urxvt/ext and lastly in
1111F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>. Due to security reasons, this resource 1308F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
1112will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1113 1309
1114See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. 1310See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1115 1311
1116=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex> 1312=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1117 1313
1129(default: C<M-s>). 1325(default: C<M-s>).
1130 1326
1131=item B<urlLauncher>: I<string> 1327=item B<urlLauncher>: I<string>
1132 1328
1133Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the 1329Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
1134C<selection-popup> and C<mark-urls> perl extensions. 1330C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
1135 1331
1136=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid> 1332=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
1137 1333
1138Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id. 1334Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
1139 1335
1140=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean> 1336=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1141 1337
1142Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making 1338Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1143it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>. 1339it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
1340
1341=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
1342
1343Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
1344
1345=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1346
1347Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
1144 1348
1145=back 1349=back
1146 1350
1147=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1351=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
1148 1352
1167application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~> 1371application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
1168(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1372(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
1169up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down), 1373up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
1170respectively. 1374respectively.
1171 1375
1172=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1376=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
1173 1377
1174The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1378The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
1175I<xterm>(1). 1379to I<xterm>(1).
1176 1380
1177=over 4 1381=over 4
1178 1382
1179=item B<Selection>: 1383=item B<Selecting>:
1180 1384
1181Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region 1385Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
1182and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click 1386and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
1183to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line 1387to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
1184(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource 1388(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1188(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a 1392(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1189normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the 1393normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1190selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from 1394selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1191the selection. 1395the selection.
1192 1396
1193=item B<Insertion>: 1397=item B<Pasting>:
1194 1398
1195Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window 1399Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
1196causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (Shift for CLIPBOARD) to be inserted 1400window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
1197as if it had been typed on the keyboard. 1401B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1402
1198B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be inserted too. 1403Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
1404inserted too.
1199 1405
1200=back 1406=back
1201 1407
1202=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1408=head1 CHANGING FONTS
1203 1409
1217 1423
1218=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1424=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
1219 1425
1220ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters 1426ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1221and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The 1427and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1222first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with 1428first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1223C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled 1429C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1224with C<--enable-iso14755>. 1430with C<--enable-iso14755>.
1225 1431
1226=over 4 1432=over 4
1227 1433
1247This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of 1453This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1248your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding. 1454your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1249 1455
1250Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing 1456Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
1251them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not 1457them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1252invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding 1458invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1253keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been 1459keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1254released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for 1460released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
1255C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a 1461C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
1256reverse tab (Shift-Tab). 1462reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
1257 1463
1285B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that 1491B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
1286it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To 1492it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
1287allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root 1493allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
1288on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others. 1494on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1289 1495
1290=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1496=head1 COLOURS AND GRAPHICS
1291 1497
1292In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1498In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1293B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus 1499B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 88/256 colours: 8 ANSI colours plus
1294high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the 1500high-intensity (potentially bold/blink) versions of the same, and 72 (or
1295colours with their B<rgb.txt> names. 1501240 in 256 colour mode) colours arranged in an 4x4x4 (or 6x6x6) colour RGB
1502cube plus a 8 (24) colour greyscale ramp.
1503
1504Here is a list of the ANSI colours with their names.
1296 1505
1297=begin table 1506=begin table
1298 1507
1299 B<color0> (black) = Black 1508 B<color0> (black) = Black
1300 B<color1> (red) = Red3 1509 B<color1> (red) = Red3
1320It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>, 1529It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
1321B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as 1530B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
1322a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of 1531a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1323color0-color15. 1532color0-color15.
1324 1533
1534The following text gives values for the standard 88 colour mode (and
1535values for the 256 colour mode in parentheses).
1536
1537The RGB cube uses indices 16..79 (16..231) using the following formulas:
1538
1539 index_88 = (r * 4 + g) * 4 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..3
1540 index_256 = (r * 16 + g) * 16 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..15
1541
1542The grayscale ramp uses indices 80..87 (232..239), from 10% to 90% in 10%
1543steps (1/26 to 25/26 in 1/26 steps) - black and white are already part of
1544the RGB cube.
1545
1546Together, all those colours implement the 88 (256) colour xterm
1547colours. Only the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the
1548rest can only be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
1549
1550Applications are advised to use terminfo or command sequences to discover
1551number and RGB values of all colours (yes, you can query this...).
1552
1325Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by 1553Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
1326always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to 1554always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1327I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise 1555I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1328been specified. For example, 1556been specified. For example,
1329 1557
1558 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
1559
1560would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
1561White.
1562
1563=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1564
1565If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1566their act together, rxvt-unicode will do its own alpha channel management:
1567
1568You can prefix any colour with an opaqueness percentage enclosed in
1569brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
1570(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the colour, where C<0> is completely
1571transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
1572half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
1573is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
1574all ways to specify a colour.
1575
1576For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
1577C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
1578specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1579(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1580while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1581earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1582C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1583
1584You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1585alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1586layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
1587rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1588
1589For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1590background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1591
1592 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1593
1594When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1595alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
1596transparency of course).
1597
1598When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
1599colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
1600background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
1601other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
1602image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
1603fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
1604
1605Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
1606in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
1607extension.
1608
1609=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1610
1611B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1612
1330=over 4 1613=over 4
1331 1614
1332=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv>
1333
1334would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black
1335on White.
1336
1337=back
1338
1339=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1340
1341B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1342
1343=over 4
1344
1345=item B<TERM> 1615=item B<TERM>
1346 1616
1347Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via 1617Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1348resources or on the commandline. 1618resources or on the command line.
1349 1619
1350=item B<COLORTERM> 1620=item B<COLORTERM>
1351 1621
1352Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on wether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was 1622Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1353compiled with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension 1623compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1354C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen. 1624extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1625screen.
1355 1626
1356=item B<COLORFGBG> 1627=item B<COLORFGBG>
1357 1628
1358Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is 1629Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1359the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string 1630the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1360C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be 1631C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1361used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the 1632used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1362string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@ 1633string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1363was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like C<ncurses> and C<slang> can 1634was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1364(and do) use this information to optimize screen output. 1635and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1365 1636
1366=item B<WINDOWID> 1637=item B<WINDOWID>
1367 1638
1368Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel 1639Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1369window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal 1640window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1375C<--with-terminfo=PATH>. 1646C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1376 1647
1377=item B<DISPLAY> 1648=item B<DISPLAY>
1378 1649
1379Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct 1650Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1380display in it's child processes. 1651display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
1652defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
1381 1653
1382=item B<SHELL> 1654=item B<SHELL>
1383 1655
1384The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>. 1656The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1385 1657
1386=item B<RXVT_SOCKET> 1658=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
1387 1659
1388The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and 1660The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1389@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1). 1661@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1390 1662
1391Default F<<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-I<< <nodename >> >>>. 1663Default F<<< $HOME/.urxvt/urxvtd-I<< <nodename> >> >>>.
1392 1664
1393=item B<HOME> 1665=item B<HOME>
1394 1666
1395Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for 1667Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1396daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as 1668daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1397C<.Xdefaults>) 1669C<.Xdefaults>)
1398 1670
1399=item B<XAPPLRESDIR> 1671=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1400 1672
1401Directory where various X resource files are being located. 1673Directory where application-specific X resource files are located.
1402 1674
1403=item B<XENVIRONMENT> 1675=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1404 1676
1405If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by 1677If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1406@@RXVT_NAME@@. 1678@@RXVT_NAME@@.
1411 1683
1412=over 4 1684=over 4
1413 1685
1414=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1686=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
1415 1687
1416Color names. 1688Colour names.
1417 1689
1418=back 1690=back
1419 1691
1420=head1 SEE ALSO 1692=head1 SEE ALSO
1421 1693
1427 1699
1428=item Project Coordinator 1700=item Project Coordinator
1429 1701
1430Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >> 1702Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1431 1703
1432L<http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode> 1704L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
1433 1705
1434=back 1706=back
1435 1707
1436=head1 AUTHORS 1708=head1 AUTHORS
1437 1709
1460Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5) 1732Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1461 1733
1462=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >> 1734=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1463 1735
1464Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. 1736Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1465 1737
1466Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode) 1738Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1467 1739
1468=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >> 1740=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1469 1741
1470Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl 1742Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1472 1744
1473Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -) 1745Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1474 1746
1475=item Emanuele Giaquinta L<< <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> >> 1747=item Emanuele Giaquinta L<< <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> >>
1476 1748
1477Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing. 1749pty/utmp code rewrite, image code improvements, many random hacks and bugfixes.
1478 1750
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